Fang Qianyuan was caught in the dragon claw condensed by the grand formation. The instant this change occurred, he sensed it.
"Is this a kind of Jiaoming?"
Though he had not looked closely and could not detect the true bodies of the exotic insect spirit creatures, Fang Qianyuan could still sense them piercing through space, assailing him relentlessly.
Within just a few breaths, his skin began turning grayish black.
"Foam Ash" was actually "Soot Smear," a highly venomous kind of Jiaoming. Its poisoning symptoms involved the gradual blackening of everything from skin to flesh, while over time it devoured the target's spirit essence to multiply and grow, until the afflicted body became black as ink.
The poison's penetrating power was so great that it could even reach deep into the bone marrow.
This fulfilled another meaning of its name: even the ash marrow within the bones could be smeared black.
Although Fang Qianyuan did not know its intricacies, he had heard others speak of this killing move of Dongfang Zhi's. He hurriedly held his breath and calmed himself, stirring the blood and essence within his body.
He half closed his eyes, then abruptly opened them the next instant.
"Windbody Technique... Wind Transformation!"
Ordinary people found this poison extremely difficult to withstand precisely because it could devour spirit essence to grow. Using power to resist it might eliminate it temporarily, but the consequences would be even worse.
Thus, Fang Qianyuan simply chose not to struggle against it. Instead, he used a divine ability to turn his body directly into nothingness.
But the surrounding space pressed tightly around him, leaving him nowhere to go.
So he once again urged his power into motion, his immense will connecting with Heaven and Earth.
A vast black tornado appeared out of thin air.
"**Black Wind...